My brilliant wife

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Treemoss

Treemoss

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Hello all, my brilliant wife today thought it would be a good idea to dust the top of the stove with pledge.
Wood cleaner on steel pretty funny. Did she do anything that could really harm the finish on my stove now.
Should I run the stove hot to try and burn it off or leave it and let it dry out on itself. Not sure what to do here
I tried to clean it off best I can with the rag it's pretty dry just little spots have moisture on it still.
 
No way. You're making this up.

However, in the remote chance you are not making it up, cleaning off what you can and then an initial small fire is probably the thing to do. I don't think it is a danger or anything if the stove isn't dripping with the stuff. But let us know....
 
My favorite cleaner for removing a mess like that or adhesive etc. is 90% isopropyl alcohol. It will hurt just about nothing other than wax oils etc. Get off as much as you can and avoid the smell of the smoking crap.
 
+1 What stove is this? Is is enameled or painted?
(please add the stove to your signature line when you get a chance)
 
No I am not kidding lol, i've got most of the moisture off with a dry rag there is just a few swipe marks that I see that still have moisture on it. It is the painted black. People have told me not to use any water on it to clean it because it could rust is this going to really rust now. What about denatured alcohol would that be pretty good to use. I don't have the any other type of alcohol. Except for drinking which is mine, and after this I will be. So should I lite a small fire tonight to dry off the rest of the moisture or leave it for a week or so.
 
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Well at least your wife likes to dust so that a plus. I hope you didnt scold her ,it appears she is just trying to tidy up. You cant really harm that finish ,and if you do its easy to fix with a shot of heat paint IMO.
 
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I didn't completely break in the stove or paint yet. So do you think I should light or not to light that is the question.
 
I used to use the black stove polish on my old fisher steel stove to keep it looking black, clean and dust free. The fisher ,after 33 years looked good as new at the time we retired it. You may want to try the stove black. http://www.amazon.com/Rutland-Stove-Polish-Paste/dp/B000H5TA5O.

I would polish it on the days we let the fire go out and clean the stove out of ashes - this was generally every week to 2 weeks.

You can find this and similar products at hardware stores.

I now have the Jotul blue black and this finish never grays or discolors. The
 
I would try a small amount of alcohol in a discret spot and see if it harms anything. If not then use it to get the pledge oils off. Then let it burn!
 
Better not let your wife find out you were online "bragging" about her intelligence on sweetest day! Perfect recipe for sleepin with the dog! !!! >>
 
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